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INSTALLING NEW RUDDER HEEL BEARING
Lots of info here. First note the collection of wood between the rudder stock and the end of the deadwood. I am testing to see that the rudder is equal distance along the deadwood, ie parallel (as the rudder tube in the boat would be if extended) to make sure there is no binding.
Next note an original existing hole, slightly above the edge of the rudder heel bearing. Originally there were four holes, but two of them were too close to the bottom for my liking, so I epoxied and doweled them off with white oak.
But as the photo indicates the rudder heel bearing is to low to use that hole. That's because I did not make the rudder receiver hole as deep as the orginal (I made mine 2 1/8" - the original was deeper, but to worn to tell how much). Fortunately the rudder stock has extra length, so I could shorten it by 3/4 to 7/8". I planned this a few months ago, but mulled it over for a long time, looking for a reason not to. Today was the day.
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Comment by bob mitchell on September 13, 2015 at 9:49am
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After thinking about the need for this huge rudder heel bearing for a while, the obvious FINALLY occurred to me.
Considering that most of the vertical load (which is lessened by the buoyancy of the plywood) is carried by the "horse", a white oak 2 by 6 or 8" locked into the transom knee at it's base, the main function of the rudder heel bearing must be to resist the side loads when steering. DUH
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